Margarita Viktorovna Galinovskaya (russian: Маргарита Викторовна Галиновская, born April 19, 1968) is a Russian

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

. She competed in the women's

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and

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events at the

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. Galinovskaya represented Russia at the

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. She placed 15th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 639. In the first round of elimination, she faced 40th-ranked fellow Russian Elena Dostay. Galinovskaya defeated Dostay 153-136 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 18th-ranked

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archer

Cornelia Pfohl Cornelia Pfohl (born 23 February 1971) is a German archer who contested four consecutive Summer Olympic Games from 1992 to 2004. She is a two-time Olympic medalist in the women's team event, winning silver medal in 1996 and bronze medal in 200 ...

. Galinovskaya won the match 158-156 in the regulation 18 arrows, advancing to the round of 16. She then lost to 2nd-ranked and eventual

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ist

Lee Sung Jin Lee Sung-jin (; born March 7, 1985) is a recurve archer from South Korea. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in the women's team event at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2005, she became the women's individual recurve cham ...

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165-163, finishing 12th in women's individual archery.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/archery/results/3532324.stm BBC Olympic Results Galinovskaya was also a member of the 9th-place Russian women's archery team in the team competition.

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